必不可少

Chinese

		certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	not; no	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
simp. and trad. (必不可少)		必	不	可	少

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìbùkěshào

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹ bat¹ ho² siu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìbùkěshào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìbùkěshào
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-pu⁴-kʻo³-shao⁴
    • Yale: bì-bù-kě-shàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihbukeeshaw
    • Palladius: бибукэшао (bibukɛšao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bit¹ bat¹ ho² siu²
    • Yale: bīt bāt hó síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷ bat⁷ ho² siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid¹ bed¹ ho² xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

必不可少

1. essential; indispensable